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‘WWTBAM-Animation Edition’ Season 5 Contestants Roster

Good news, readers!

I have decided to do a 5th season of my Who Wants to Be a Millionaire-Animation Edition games! It’s set to debut next week and last until the end of the year, so keep a lookout for the forthcoming games!

The expert this season will be Disney and animation lover, swanpride, from the blogs, Honoring the Heroines, The Science of Adaptation, and Movies and Lyrics!

The contestants are listed alphabetically by first name as follows:

  1. Andrew Garrison (The Movie Guy and Friends, @TheMovieGuy14)
  2. Brian Crawford (@disneycave1955)
  3. Chelsea Robson (Chelsea Robson, @ChelseaRobson)
  4. Eli Sanza (Entertainment Junkie Blog, @ejunkie2014)
  5. Jonathan J. North (Jonathan North – Movie Reviews & More!, @jonjnorth)
  6. LCScreentalk (LC Screen Talk, @LCScreenTalk)
  7. Olaf Lesniak (Comic Booger, @greg10gregory)
  8. Paul Astell (Feeling Animated)
  9. Stanford Clark (Movies Past and Present, @StanfordClark)
  10. Wes Troop (The A-List Review, @WesAlist)

Ending my DreamWorks Animation-Forgotten/Minor Characters Project!

Hello readers,

As the title suggests, I’m ending my DreamWorks Animation-Forgotten/Minor Characters project. I haven’t enjoyed doing it and have been disappointed with my writings related to it. So I decided to take a lesson from my fellow blogger friend, Rachel Wagner, and just end my project here rather than drudge through it til the end!

I shall be deleting all the posts I wrote for it as well, but I wanna thank all of you who took the time to read them! Don’t worry, future projects are on the way!

‘How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World’ Trailer Debuts!

The fourth animated film trailer of the week has debuted, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World!

The film looks to be just as good as its predecessors to me. I’m loving the Light Fury as well as F. Murray Abraham as the villain! Gotta wait till 2019 to see this though!

What do you think of the trailer?

Actor John Mahoney Dies at 77!

The actor, John Mahoney, has passed away at the age of 77. Mr. Mahoney (1940-2018) was known for his role on the sitcom, Frasier, as well as for appearing in numerous films including Moonstruck, Eight Men Out, Barton Fink, and Flipped.

In terms of animation, Mr. Mahoney lent his voice to many animated features including Antz,

The Iron Giant,

Atlantis: The Lost Empire,

and Kronk’s New Groove.

He shall be missed!

90th Academy Awards Nominations Announced!

I know this post is a couple of days late, but the nominations for the upcoming 90th Academy Awards have been released. Click here for a list of all the nominees, but the animation-related ones are listed below:

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE:

The Boss Baby
The Breadwinner
Coco
Ferdinand
Loving Vincent

BEST ANIMATED SHORT:

Dear Basketball
Garden Party
Lou
Negative Space
Revolting Rhymes

What do you all think of these nominees, in particular? I haven’t seen The Boss Baby yet, but really? It’s Oscar-worthy? I find that very hard to believe! But, I’m so glad that Glen Keane’s Dear Basketball has made it to the list!

I will post my Oscars predictions in the next couple of weeks!

‘WWTBAM-Animation Edition’ Season 4 Contestants Roster

Hello, readers!

Well, I plan to start my 4th season of my Who Wants to Be a Millionaire-Animation Edition games next January 2018, so keep your eyes open for those videos as they come out. Below, you will find the roster of the contestants coming on to try their hand at the million! Five of them are familiar faces, whilst five are newcomers. (The contestants are listed below alphabetically by last name, not by the order of their appearance of the game show.)

  1. Zora Catone (https://www.youtube.com/ZoraCatone, @ZoraCatone)
  2. Brian Crawford (@disneycave1955)
  3. Ben Daniels (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZEvnPge9Hzm1U_3qzjo4Xw, @BenjyDaniels)
  4. Andrew Garrison (https://andrewthemovieguy714.wordpress.com, @TheMovieGuy14)
  5. Milan Harrison (http://youtube.com/somedudenamedmilan, @milan_darling)
  6. Jonathan J. North (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIXIceyRxNEE8vgAw6Ye-aQ, @jonjnorth)
  7. Jonathan Pouliot (https://animatedleadership.wordpress.com, @jpouliot81)
  8. Skyler Shuler (https://disneyfilmfacts.com, @Skylerhxc, @Disneyfilmfacts)
  9. Amanda Sorrento (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGN1Ycs5zeSSWz5y9mTIifw, @MissFortuosity)
  10. Tommy T (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFRDp0lGH_8btuIt2efMZ5w, @thedisquiz)

Hope you enjoy this new season!

45th Annie Awards Nominations Announced!

The nominees for the upcoming 45th Annie Awards ceremony have been announced and you can see the full list of nominees by clicking here. Pixar’s Coco is in the lead with 13 nominations! A few of the interesting categories are as follows:

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
Cars 3
Coco
Despicable Me 3
The Boss Baby

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE-INDEPENDENT

In This Corner of the World
Loving Vincent
Napping Princess
The Big Bad Fox & Other Tales
The Breadwinner

BEST ANIMATED SHORT SUBJECT

Dear Basketball
Hedgehog’s Home
Negative Space
Scavengers
Son of Jaguar

BEST VOICE ACTING IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE PRODUCTION

Nick Kroll (Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie)
Anthony Gonzalez (Coco)
Saara Chaudry (The Breadwinner)
Laara Sadiq (The Breadwinner)
Zach Galifianakis (The LEGO Batman Movie)

What do you all think of the nominees? I’m really surprised that The LEGO Batman Movie didn’t get a nomination for Best Animated Feature whilst The Boss Baby did! Also, was Zach Galifianakis’ voicework as the Joker really THAT good to warrant a Best Voice Acting nomination? Glad to see The Breadwinner, The Big Bad Fox & Other Tales, and Dear Basketball getting love though!

‘Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie’ Trailer Debuts!

We have finally gotten a trailer for Dreamworks Animation’s upcoming film, Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie.

The film honestly doesn’t look as bad as I thought it would be. Then again, 2017 is such a weak year for animation that it doesn’t take much to make me optimistic. I quite enjoy the animation style of this film, but I do feel the story will be quite predictable. I also feel that Kevin Hart is quite mismatched for his character as it just feels odd to hear his voice come out of that character.

Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie features the voices of Ed Helms, Kevin Hart, Thomas Middleditch, and Nick Kroll. It will hit theaters on June 2, 2017. Do you plan to see it?

89th Academy Awards Nominations Announced!

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Well, the nominations for the 89th Academy Awards have been announced today. And as usual, I’ll list the animated film categories below. If you want to see a list of all the categories and their nominations, then click here.

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:

-Kubo and the Two Strings

-Moana

-My Life as a Zucchini

-The Red Turtle

-Zootopia

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM:

-Blind Vaysha

-Borrowed Time

-Pear Cider and Cigarettes

-Pearl

-Piper

Other related nominations include:

-My Life, Animated (Best Documentary Feature)

-Can’t Stop the Feeling-Trolls (Best Original Song)

-How Far I’ll Go-Moana (Best Original Song)

-The Jungle Book (Best Visual Effects)

-Kubo and the Two Strings (Best Visual Effects)

I’ll post my Oscar winner predictions in the coming weeks, but for now which films do you think will win? Which do you want to win? What do you think of the nominations, in general? Let me know in the comments below!

Upcoming Animated Films In 2017

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As the year comes to a close, it comes time again to prepare ourselves for the animated films being released next year! So read on below to find a list of the theatrical animated films set to be released in 2017! Like usual, I’m only listing the ones that have confirmed US release dates at the moment, hence this list is mostly composed of films from the major animation studios. Enjoy!

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